Apparatus for manufacturing upholstery.



PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

E.. M. HULSE. APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING UPHOLSTERY.

APPLICATION FILED OOT.6. 1905.

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APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING UPHOLSTERY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 12.06.

Application filed October 6, 1905x Serial No. 281.675-

Tz all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN M. HULsE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and use 'fIll Improvements in Apparatus for Manufacturing Upholstery; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide improved apparatus to aid in securing together the inner and outer coverings of up holstery. Heretofore such coverings have been secured by means of stitches. With my apparatus I use pronged metallic devices or buttons and by placing them in a suitable holder am enabled to quickly connect together the coverings of upholstery, as well as to remove one or more of such fastening devices without disturbing the rest.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating an embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a side view of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a View of the lower side of the table. Fig. 4 is a sectional view, on a larger scale, showing how the work is done on the table. Fig. 5 is a side view, partially in section, of a fragment of the button-holder. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a button.

The table is preferably composed of two parts 1 and 2, movable toward and from each other. The part 1 is shown to have pins 1 that enter sockets or recesses 2 in the part 2. A spring 3, connecting the two parts 1 and 2, can be provided to hold said parts normally toward each other, and cams 4 on the part 1 to work against blocks 4 on the part 2 can be provided for the purpose of forcing the parts asunder. The outer edges of the table are provided with heavier pieces 1 and 2 on the outer faces of which are secured the longitudinal button-holders 5. The button-holders 5 are preferably metallic bars provided with longitudinal T-shaped grooves, as shown, into which the heads 6 of the buttons are slid, with their prongs 6 projecting outward through the mouth of the groove.

To illustrate the use of the apparatus, let 7 designate apiece ofupholsteryfor example, a couch topin which 7 is the top covering fabric and 7 the under covering fabric. In practice the center or body of the top is filled before it is brought to the table, the edge tufts being left to be filled on the table. After these edge tufts have been properly filled on the table the two edges of the cover ing fabrics 7 and 7 are secured together by means of the metallic fastening devices in the following manner: A suitable number of the buttons or metallic fastening devices are inserted end to end in the T-shaped groove of the holder 5, and the two edges of the fabric (and any other fabric that may be desired to be secured to said edges) are then pressed down on the points or prongs of the buttons at one side. The same operation is then performed at the other side of the table. These operations are performed while the parts 1 and 2 of the table are closed together, but by turning the cams 4 against the blocks 4* the parts 1 and 2 are separated and the fabric drawn tightly on the prongs and the prongs thrust farther through the material, after which their points are spread apart and pressed down to securely connect the coverings together. In Fig. 4 of my drawings I show at the right-hand side the prongs of the buttons before they are pressed down and at the left-hand side the buttons pressed down. In addition to the covering fabrics 7 a and 7 I have illustrated a fabric 7 called a band, which is secured to the upholstered top with the buttons at the same time the edges are secured together, said fabric being tacked to the side of the couch-frame.

To facilitate filling the edge tufts of the upholstery, I may mount the table so that it can be tilted, whereby instead of putting the filling in horizontally it may be put in downward. For this purpose I show trunnions 9 secured to the table, which trunnions are journaled in suitable bearings in a standard or frame 10. It will be understood, of course, that after the buttons in the holders have been passed through the fabric the whole top, including the buttons, can be pulled off lengthwise of the holders. It will also be understood that a button-holder may be used on one edge only of the table, in which case the pad can be held at the opposite edge by ordinary pins or any other suitable holding device or devices.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In apparatus for the manufacture of upholstery, a table comprising two parts each having its edges provided with button-holders I supported upholstery and for retaining the and means for moving the parts of the table 5 same in the position to which it is to be asunder.

2. In apparatus for the manufacture of upholstery, a table upon which the upholstery can be supported having its opposite edges provided with grooved button-holders and means whereby said buttonholders can be moved asunder.

In apparatus for.the manufacture of upholstery, a table upon which, the upholstory can be supported. having its edge provided with a grooved button-holder into which the buttons can he slid and from which button-holder the said buttons can he slid after the application of the upholstery covering material thereto.

4. In apparatus for the manufacture of upholstery, a table upon which the upholstery can be supported having its opposite edges provided with grooved button-holders into which the buttons can he slid and from which button-holders the said buttons can he slid after the application of the upholstery covering material thereto and means for moving said button-hold ers asunder.

5. In apparatus for the manufacture of upholstery, a table upon which the upholstery can be supported, said table having near its edge a grooved button-holder into which buttons can be slid and from which they can be removed after application to the upholstery, said button-holder being movable with. respect to the supported upholstery.

6. In apparatus for the. manufacture of upholstery, a table upon which the upholstery can be supported, said table having near its edge a grooved button-holder into which buttons can be slid. and from which they can be removed after application to the upholstery, said button-holder being movable with respect to the supported upholstery, combined with means whereby said buttonholder may be moved with respect to the moved.

7. In apparatus for the manufacture of upholstery, the combination of a table for supporting the upholstery, a holder for a pronged fastening device at the edge of said table, said holder adapted to suport said fastening device with its prong ying in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the top of the table, and means tending to prevent the removal of the fastening device from said holder in a direction coinciding with the direction of the prong.

8. In apparatus for the manufacture of upholstery, the combination of a table for supporting the upholstery, a holder for a pronged fastening device at the edge of said table, said holder adapted to support said fastening device with its prong lying in a plane substantially parallel to but below the plane of the top of the table, and means tending to prevent the removal of the fastening device from said holder in an outward direction coinciding with the direction of the prong.

9. In apparatus for the manufacture of upholstery, the combination of a table for supporting the upholstery, a holder for a pronged fastening device at the edge of said table adapted to support said fastening device with its prong lying in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the top of the table, said holder being movable with respect to the supported. upholstery and means tending to prevent the removal of the fastening device from said holder in an outward direc tion coinciding with the direction of the prong.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDI/VIN M. HULSE,

\Vitnesses:

BENJ. FINCKEL, ALICE B. COOK. 

